世界上最伟大的演讲--SHALL WE CHOOSE DEATH?我们该选择死亡吗？

SHALL WE CHOOSE DEATH?我们该选择死亡吗？ I am speaking not as a Briton, not as a European, not as a member of a western democracy, but as a human being, a member of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The world is full of

太阳科普 第6期

The composition of the sun lies in this bar code. 这个条码说明了太阳的组成 All the thin lines are caused by tiny amounts of complex elements 这些细细的线条，都是微量复杂元素造成的 metals like iron and magnesium. 好比说

Uses Hydrogen1 as Fuel2

Broadcast: February 14, 2003 By George Grow This is the VOA Special English Environment Report. President Bush has offered a plan to speed development of technology that uses hydrogen as fuel. His goa

我们该选择死亡吗？

I am speaking not as a Briton, not as a European, not as a member of a western democracy, but as a human being, a member of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The world is full of conflicts: Jews and Arabs; Indians and Pakistanis

CNN 2009-11-25

I couldn't get over this mess. The federal government is confirming what Joan Glickman of Pompano Beach, Florida suspected all along. Tainted drywall from China is giving off a harmful gas that's turning her air-conditioning wiring black, causing it

SSS 2008-08-01

This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science. I am Cynthia Graber. This will just take a minute. Solar panels typically convert sunlight into electricity or heat. But photosynthetic vegetation converts sunlight into chemical energy. Now M.I.T.s Dan

德国开辟生物制氢研究新途径

BERLIN, April 25 (Xinhua) -- A study recently published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology opens up new avenues in biohydrogen research, the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) said on Friday. Scientists at the TU Berlin succeeded in expla

纽约车展上电动汽车来势汹汹

NEW YORK Plug in your car, then unplug, and drive away. More and more consumers are doing just that. At the 2014 New York Auto Show many automakers unveiled electric or hybrid vehicle to address the growing global appetite for environment-friendly ca

新西兰英语 412 Houses will be demolished

The Prime Minister said that possibly 10,000 houses will have to be demolished after the earthquake. The Head of Civil Defence thought the number was probably only 2,000. Time will tell. The important message from the Prime Minister is that the gover

联合国考虑对朝鲜新制裁

SEOUL/WASHINGTONThe U.N. Security Council said Wednesday that it was working to craft new sanctions against North Korea after its latest nuclear test, while the United States and other world powers voiced skepticism about Pyongyang's claim that the u

托福考试：TOEFL模拟试题

Questions 12-20 The elements other than hydrogen and helium exist In such small quantities that it is accurate to say that the universe somewhat more than 25 percent helium by weight and somewhat less than 25 percent hydrogen. Astronomers have measur

雅思单词前缀整理

PREFIX 1.a-:of;on;intensive;negative,not,without;ad-;ab-. 2.ab-:away from,off. 3. ad-:to;at;for. 4. aer(o)- :relating to air . 5.al-:all. 6.ambi-:on both sides,around. 7.amphi-:on both sides,around. 8.an-:negative,not,without. 9.ana-:upon,up,on. 10.a

新西兰英语 339 Which buildings survived the earthquake?

The Canterbury earthquake on Sept 4th was unusual because no one was killed. It is the only city in the world which has experienced a 7.1 magnitude earthquake without any deaths. Part of the reason for this is our building code. New buildings have to

我们该选择死亡吗

December 30, 1954 I am speaking not as a Briton, not as a European, not as a member of a western democracy, but as a human being, a member of the species Man, whose continued existence is in doubt. The world is full of conflicts: Jews and Arabs; Indi

新西兰英语 565 New Zealander of the Year

Last night at an awards ceremony in Auckland, the winner of the New Zealander of the Year was announced. He is Sir Richard Taylor of Weta Workshops. He was made Sir Richard for his successful film work in 2010. Listen to Queens Birthday Honours to he

各种花样的风筝怎么说？

9月16日是墨西哥馆日，墨西哥馆五颜六色的风筝森林吸引了不少人的眼球，你知道小小的风筝里有什么大学问吗？其实风筝也有很多种分类哦，一起来看看吧。 说到kite这个单词，这也许是我们

朝鲜宣布成功进行首次氢弹试验

North Korea conducted a 'successful' hydrogen bomb test, Pyongyang has confirmed. The thermonuclear weapon triggered a massive 5.1 magnitude earthquake when it exploded at 10am local time on Wednesday. 平壤方面已经证实，朝鲜成功的进行了

新西兰英语 449 Earthquake affects Christchurch east suburbs

Suburbs in the east of Christchurch were very badly affected again after Mondays two earthquakes. Many houses lost underground services like water, power and sewerage and still today about 50,000 people have no water and cannot use their toilets. Som

新西兰英语 447 More after-shocks in Christchurch

Christchurch had two big after-shocks today and many smaller ones. The first one, at 1 pm was 5.5. It felt very strong. Most schools closed after that and parents came to collect their primary school children. The next after-shock at 2.20 pm was 6.0.

万物简史 第383期:浩瀚的海洋(2)

Almost nothing about it can be used to make reliable predictions about the properties of other liquids and vice versa. 它的身上几乎没有哪一点可以用来对别的液体的性质进行可靠的推测，反之亦然。 If you knew nothing of